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Ivan Little. Belfast Telegraph. March 4, 2017There were no crocodile tears for Arlene Foster from Michelle O’Neill, Gerry Adams or their Sinn Fein supporters as they swaggered triumphantly around the Titanic Exhibition Center in Belfast yesterday, acknowledging that the former First Minister had helped them take a major bite out of the opposition in the snap Assembly election.Mr. Adams, who was repeatedly […]

Closer than ever: but can Sinn Féin and the DUP work together? “The DUP lost the greatest number of seats, dropping below the 30 MLAs which enables it to deploy a petition of concern. Coming in under the threshold that gives it the power veto legislation in the Assembly could prove Arlene Foster’s undoing, and having […]

Brian Feeney. Irish News. Belfast. Saturday, March 4, 2017Sinn Féin has been proved correct, and the Nationalist electorate has vindicated the party’s decision to pull out of Stormont. On the other hand, the Unionist electorate has endorsed Arlene Foster and the DUP. Result: deadlock.The voting in critical Nationalist constituencies like West Belfast and Foyle showed that Sinn Féin got […]

“The DUP lost the greatest number of seats, dropping below the 30 MLAs which enables it to deploy a petition of concern. Coming in under the threshold that gives it the power veto legislation in the Assembly could prove Arlene Foster’s undoing, and having overseen the first decline in her party’s vote is likely to […]

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by the Irish National Caucus Fr. Sean Mc Manus Comments on the Northern Ireland Election. “In the article below from the Irish News of Belfast, the very respected journalist John Manely makes this important observation:’It was a different story for the DUP and Arlene Foster, however, who may face a […]